Evolution and natural selection are necessary for a) the preservation of natural habitats. b) the short-term survival of individual organisms. c) the long-term survival of an entire species of organisms. d) successful reproduction of a species with other members of that species.

Evolution and natural selection are for C. The long term survival of an entire species of organisms. Organisms are better suited to live in a particular environment due to the transmission of specific genes from the parental generation to the offspring that can lead to these species evolving if much mutations are associated also with the passing down of specific alleles for respective genes that enable the organism to survive for a longer duration in its environment.

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It would be the equator